Clothes-pounder



UNTTED TATES PATENT Grrrcn.

WILLIAM P. WARE, OF HILLSBOROUGH, TEXAS.

CLOTHES- POUNDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersP'atent No. 501,634, dated .Tuly18, 1893. Application filed February 27,1893. Serial No. 463,926. (Nomodel.)

To all whom/,it concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. WARE, a citizen of the United States,residingat Hillsborough, in the county of Hill, State of Texas, haveinvented certainV new and useful Improvements in Glothes-Pounders, ofwhich'the' following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in clothespounders, of that class in which a conical casing is provided with aninterior concentric partition,

=..\ vand it has for its objects among others to provide an improveddevice of this character which shall be simple and cheap in its construction, and by the employment of which equal draft and equal suctionare obtained. I provide an outer conical casing within which is arrangeda vertical partition dividing the same into two chambers which in turnare sub-divided by radial partitions in both of said compartments. Thesepartitions are provided with openings or perforations for the passage ofthe air and the suds. The bottom surface is concaved so as to preventclose contact thereof with the bottom of the tub or the clothes and thusprovide an air space at that point. The concentric partition isperforated so as to equally distribute the suds and suction throughoutthe entire space inclosed by the outer casing. The radial partitions arealternately arranged so as to provide greater strength and moreeffectually brace the parts. The inner radial partitions are secured tothe handle-socket which terminates above the lower edge of theconcentric partition.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appearand the novel features thereof will be specifically dened by theappended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which- Figure l is a bottom plan view of myimproved clothes pounder. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof taken onthe line 2-2 of Fig. l.

Like letters of reference indicatelike parts in both of the views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates theconical outer portion of any suitable material, its lower edge beingpreferably rounded or provided ,with a strengthening bead or rim as seenat a to render it less liable to injure the clothes `with .which4 it isbrought in contact, and throughV an opening in the apex of this coni-Acal portion is passed .the tubular portion B which serves as a socketfor the handle (not shown) and being secured to the conical portion atthe apex and to the partitions hereinafter described serves to giverigidity to the pounder. The lower end of this socket terminates at ashort distance above the lower edge of the conical portion as seen inFig. 2.

C is a vertical concentric partition secured within the conical portionA with its lower edge terminating at a slight distance above the loweredge of the said conical portion as seen in Fig. 2,and D are radialpartitions triangular in form of course as seen in Fig. 2, and thesepartitions are arranged between the concentric partition and the innerwall of the conical portion, being secured thereto in any suitablemanner as by solder.

E are vertical radial triangular partitions arranged within the centralcompartment formed by the concentric partition and se cured thereto andto the inner wall of the conical portion above the upper edge of thesaid concentric partition, extending to the apex and there joined alsoto the tubular or socket portion.

The partitions D and E Serve to divide their chambers intoya pluralityof compartments and are arranged to alternate as seen in Fig. l so as togive greater strength, and also to alternate the sub-compartments. Asseen in Fig. 2 the partitions Eat their lower edge terminate at a shortdistance above the lower' edge of the partition C, their bottom edgesbeing on an incline from their outer edge toward the center and joinedto the lower end of the socket B. The lower edges of the partitions Dare also inclined from the periphery toward their junction with thepartition C. The concentric partition C is provided with perforations bbetween each two radial partitions. Each of the radial partitions isprovided with perforations d, and the partitions E are also providedwith perforations e, one set opposite the concentric partition and theother above the upper edge thereof all as shown in Fig. 2.

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In operation the partitions serve to break up and cause an equaldistribution of the suds and air, the perforations allowing for thepassage of the same in all directions so that the suction will be equalor the same in all of the compartments; the bottom edges of thepartitions and concentric-partition serve to compress the clothes aswill be readily understood.

1. The combination with the outer conical portion, of the concentricvertical partition, the radial partitions upon both sides of thevertical partition, and the handle socket passed through the apex of theconical portion and secured tothe inner radial partitions, as set forth.

2. The combination with the outer conical portion, of theverticalpartition, the radial partitions connecting the said partition andconical portion and the radial partitions within the inner compartment`and connected t-o the vertical partition, and a `handle-socket se`handle-socket extending within the same through its apex, the verticalpartition provided with perforations, the radial partitions between saidpartition and conical portion and provided with perforations, and theradial partitions within the space inclosed by the vertical partitionand provided with perforations, the bottom edges of said partitionsterminating above the lower edge of the outer conical portion,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aliixmysignatnre in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM P. WARE. lVitnesses:

H. E. DREYER, J No. ARCH CARMICHAEL.,

